[Bug] NoneType error when trying to import obb from OpenBB

[Chidifinance]

Describe the bug
It's as description says, when I try to import obb from openbb I get

TypeError: stat: path should be string, bytes, os.PathLike or integer, not NoneType

To Reproduce
Only one step

from openbb import obb

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Sonoma 14.5
• Python version 3.11.10

Additional context

Full Error output:
{
"name": "TypeError",
"message": "stat: path should be string, bytes, os.PathLike or integer, not NoneType",
"stack": "---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[8], line 1
----> 1 from openbb import obb

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb/init.py:8
5 from pathlib import Path
6 from typing import List, Optional, Union
----> 8 from openbb_core.app.static.app_factory import (
9 BaseApp as _BaseApp,
10 create_app as _create_app,
11 )
12 from openbb_core.app.static.package_builder import PackageBuilder as _PackageBuilder
13 from openbb_core.app.static.reference_loader import ReferenceLoader as _ReferenceLoader

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/static/app_factory.py:7
5 from openbb_core.app.command_runner import CommandRunner
6 from openbb_core.app.model.system_settings import SystemSettings
----> 7 from openbb_core.app.model.user_settings import UserSettings
8 from openbb_core.app.static.account import Account
9 from openbb_core.app.static.container import Container

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/model/user_settings.py:6
3 from pydantic import Field
5 from openbb_core.app.model.abstract.tagged import Tagged
----> 6 from openbb_core.app.model.credentials import Credentials
7 from openbb_core.app.model.defaults import Defaults
8 from openbb_core.app.model.preferences import Preferences

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/model/credentials.py:98
94 model.origins = self.credentials
95 return model
---> 98 _Credentials = CredentialsLoader().load()
101 class Credentials(_Credentials): # type: ignore
102 """Credentials model used to store provider credentials."""

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/model/credentials.py:87, in CredentialsLoader.load(self)
85 """Load credentials from providers."""
86 # We load providers first to give them priority choosing credential names
---> 87 self.from_providers()
88 self.from_obbject()
89 model = create_model(
90 "Credentials",
91 config=ConfigDict(validate_assignment=True, populate_by_name=True),
92 **self.format_credentials(), # type: ignore
93 )

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/model/credentials.py:82, in CredentialsLoader.from_providers(self)
80 def from_providers(self) -> None:
81 """Load credentials from providers."""
---> 82 self.credentials = ProviderInterface().credentials

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/model/abstract/singleton.py:17, in SingletonMeta.call(cls, *args, **kwargs)
15 """Singleton pattern implementation."""
16 if cls not in cls._instances:
---> 17 instance = super().call(*args, **kwargs)
18 cls._instances[cls] = instance
20 return cls._instances[cls]

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/provider_interface.py:107, in ProviderInterface.init(self, registry_map, query_executor)
101 def init(
102 self,
103 registry_map: Optional[RegistryMap] = None,
104 query_executor: Optional[QueryExecutor] = None,
105 ) -> None:
106 """Initialize provider interface."""
--> 107 self._registry_map = registry_map or RegistryMap()
108 self._query_executor = query_executor or QueryExecutor
110 self._map = self._registry_map.standard_extra

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/provider/registry_map.py:26, in RegistryMap.init(self, registry)
24 def init(self, registry: Optional[Registry] = None) -> None:
25 """Initialize Registry Map."""
---> 26 self._registry = registry or RegistryLoader.from_extensions()
27 self._credentials = self._get_credentials(self._registry)
28 self._available_providers = self._get_available_providers(self._registry)

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/provider/registry.py:44, in RegistryLoader.from_extensions()
41 """Load providers from entry points."""
42 registry = Registry()
---> 44 for name, entry in ExtensionLoader().provider_objects.items(): # type: ignore[attr-defined]
45 try:
46 registry.include_provider(provider=entry)

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/model/abstract/singleton.py:17, in SingletonMeta.call(cls, *args, **kwargs)
15 """Singleton pattern implementation."""
16 if cls not in cls._instances:
---> 17 instance = super().call(*args, **kwargs)
18 cls._instances[cls] = instance
20 return cls._instances[cls]

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/extension_loader.py:41, in ExtensionLoader.init(self)
37 def init(
38 self,
39 ) -> None:
40 """Initialize the extension loader."""
---> 41 self._obbject_entry_points: EntryPoints = self._sorted_entry_points(
42 group=OpenBBGroups.obbject.value
43 )
44 self._core_entry_points: EntryPoints = self._sorted_entry_points(
45 group=OpenBBGroups.core.value
46 )
47 self._provider_entry_points: EntryPoints = self._sorted_entry_points(
48 group=OpenBBGroups.provider.value
49 )

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/openbb_core/app/extension_loader.py:127, in ExtensionLoader._sorted_entry_points(group)
124 @staticmethod
125 def _sorted_entry_points(group: str) -> EntryPoints:
126 """Return a sorted dictionary of entry points."""
--> 127 return sorted(entry_points(group=group))

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/importlib_metadata/init.py:1051, in entry_points(**params)
1040 """Return EntryPoint objects for all installed packages.
1041
1042 Pass selection parameters (group or name) to filter the
(...)
1046 :return: EntryPoints for all installed packages.
1047 """
1048 eps = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
1049 dist.entry_points for dist in _unique(distributions())
1050 )
-> 1051 return EntryPoints(eps).select(**params)

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/importlib_metadata/init.py:1048, in (.0)
1039 def entry_points(**params) -> EntryPoints:
1040 """Return EntryPoint objects for all installed packages.
1041
1042 Pass selection parameters (group or name) to filter the
(...)
1046 :return: EntryPoints for all installed packages.
1047 """
-> 1048 eps = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
1049 dist.entry_points for dist in _unique(distributions())
1050 )
1051 return EntryPoints(eps).select(**params)

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/importlib_metadata/_itertools.py:16, in unique_everseen(iterable, key)
14 yield element
15 else:
---> 16 for element in iterable:
17 k = key(element)
18 if k not in seen:

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/importlib_metadata/init.py:931, in (.0)
928 """Find metadata directories in paths heuristically."""
929 prepared = Prepared(name)
930 return itertools.chain.from_iterable(
--> 931 path.search(prepared) for path in map(FastPath, paths)
932 )

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/importlib_metadata/init.py:790, in FastPath.search(self, name)
789 def search(self, name):
--> 790 return self.lookup(self.mtime).search(name)

File ~/miniconda3/envs/openbb/lib/python3.11/site-packages/importlib_metadata/init.py:795, in FastPath.mtime(self)
792 @Property
793 def mtime(self):
794 with suppress(OSError):
--> 795 return os.stat(self.root).st_mtime
796 self.lookup.cache_clear()

TypeError: stat: path should be string, bytes, os.PathLike or integer, not NoneType"
}

[Chidifinance]

I found a work around for now. For some reason, it seems like the extension loader pkg is loading en variables & including None in the list of paths passed to importlib.

I added a line to take out the ones that wont work in importlib

[deeleeramone]

Hmm.. I'm not able to reproduce. What versions do you have installed?

Sonoma 14.6.1

conda 24.9.1

importlib_metadata      8.5.0
openbb                  4.3.4
pip                     24.3.1

[deeleeramone]

What are the exact steps in recreating your complete environment?

[piiq]

@Chidifinance from the error log I assume that it starts failing when importing your user settings. Can you look into the ~/.openbb_platform folder and show the contents of your user_settings.json? You will need to remove the credentials before sharing

[piiq]

Also an output of pip listwould be helpful